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Add devices, create cables, place text or zones, and see how Wires makes your cabling easier to read.

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QUICK HELP

Useful controls

Main controls

ROUTES

Open the Signal Routes panel.

Open the creation menu:

New Device · New Cable · Add Text Label · Add Zone

Edit a device

Click the device name

Rename it, type the new name and press Enter.

Double-click the device

Open image configuration to edit its image and ports.

Drag the device

Move it on the canvas.

Drag its top-left corner

Resize it proportionally.

Shift+device click

Bring it to front, above any overlapping device.

Use the red trash icon in the Info panel to delete this device.

Edit a cable path

Drag a segment

Move it perpendicularly to adjust the path.

Right-click near a device

Open the Change direction / Create bend menu.

←→↑↓

After Change direction: change the segment exit direction.

←→↑↓

After Create bend: insert a 90-degree bend.

Select multiple devices

Alt+click and drag

Draw a selection rectangle. Every device it touches is selected.

Windows Ctrl+device click Mac ⌘+device click

Add or remove that device from the current selection.

Click a selected device

Remove that device from the selection.

Click the canvas

Clear the selection.

Click and drag the canvas

Pan the view without losing the selection.

Del

Delete all selected devices after confirmation.

Esc

Clear the selection.

Configure a device image

Double-click a device

Open its image configuration.

Zoom

Mouse wheel

Zoom in or out around the pointer.

+or−

Zoom in or zoom out.

Pinch gesture

Zoom on a touch surface.

Pan the view

Windows Right-click and drag

Pan even when the pointer is over a device.

Mac Space+click and drag

Pan the view.

Left-click and drag an empty area

Pan the view.

Rectangle selection

Alt+click and drag

Draw a selection rectangle. Every device it touches is selected.

Windows Ctrl+device click Mac ⌘+device click

Add or remove that device from the current selection.

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